Published February 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutrino production of dimuons at the Fermilab Tevatron

Description

Neutrino and antineutrino interactions with two muons in the final state have been studied by the CCFR collaboration in the Fermilab Tevatron neutrino beam. The rate of neutrino- and antineutrino-induced prompt same-sign dimuon production in steel was measured using a sample of 220 μ-μ- events and 15 μ+μ+ events with Pμ>9 GeV/c, and energies between 30 GeV and 600 GeV. In addition, a sample of 5044 νμ and 1062 bar νμ induced opposite-sign (μminus-plusμ±) events was also observed with Pμ1≥9 GeV/c, Pμ2≥5 GeV/c, and 30≤Eθ≤600 GeV. The opposite-sign data support the slow rescaling model of charm production with a value of mc=1.31±0.24 GeV/c2. The CKM matrix element Vcd=0.209±0.012 and the nucleon strangeness content, ηs=0.064+0.0075-0.0065 are also extracted from the data. The first measurements of the Q2 dependence of the strange quark densities, xs(x), are also presented

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
272
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 795-801.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
26. International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) conference on high energy physics.
Acronym
ICHEP-26
Dates
6-12 Aug 1992.
Place
Dallas, TX (United States).

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-920837--.